ROLE PLAY The Zorians

ROLE PLAY
The Zorians

Alligatortown Chronicles
By R. P. Birt

What Everybody Knows

The Zorians - Are a Cultural group that has immigrated to Alligatortown. The first immigration followed World War II; the second immigration came after a revolution causing civil war and famine in the mid 80's (forty years apart).

The “old” Zorians have been successful in establishing their community. They have built and run a cultural centre where they provide activities for their community.

The “new” Zorians want changes in the centre to reflect a more modern viewpoint, in order to attract the youth to the centre. Their proposal has been rejected. Since the city gives a grant to the Centre, the New Zorians have gone to the Mayor and indicated that they will take the issue public. The Mayor asked the two groups to each send a representative to meet with a third-party Neutral.

New Zorians	Old Zorians
Your programming should include contemporary music (Rap) and sex education.	Maintain traditional values, and language.
Zoria has changed since you left. You do not represent how it is today.	We worked hard to get accepted - you are able to prosper because of what we had to face - you are ungrateful.
People like you caused the problems in Zoria that we had to live with there. We lost many friends and family members in the war.	People like you are always causing trouble - women should stay at home and take care of the children.

Notes on Mutual Interest

Because the Centre receives grant funding, it is possible that public awareness of the problem could trigger a reaction to stop the funding, even though both sides have “friends” on the council. The entire Zorian community is concerned about aids and the risk to the youth. The growing visibility of Zorian youth on the street, from both old and new Zorian families, is associating them with things (e.g. crime and drugs) that they may or may not be doing.